Sharon full support for his actions against terror and on final status issues. Instead, the president said, "a solution to the Palestinian refugee issue as part of any final status agreement will need to be found through the establishment of a Palestinian state, and the settling of Palestinian refugees there, rather than in Israel." On the major settlement blocs, Mr.

The idea was to guarantee that in case of war, IDF forces could quickly return to the place where they are currently stationed.

This analysis demonstrates that Israel does not possess a plausible solution to its security needs without the Golan Heights.

Egypt was the first Arab state to make peace, and in recognition of that fact, Prime Minister Menachem Begin gave Sadat all of Sinai.

Moreover, the Israeli-Egyptian border had been a recognized international boundary since the time of the Ottoman Empire.

Notably, land swaps were not part of the 2003 Roadmap for Peace or in the April 14, 2004 letter from President Bush to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

It was Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who resurrected the land swap idea in 2008 as part of newly proposed Israeli concessions that went even further than Israel's positions at Camp David and Taba.

On settlements we also agreed on principles that would permit some continuing growth. Sharon stated these clearly in a major policy speech in December 2003: "Israel will meet all its obligations with regard to construction in the settlements.

There will be no construction beyond the existing construction line, no expropriation of land for construction, no special economic incentives and no construction of new settlements." Otros asemejan la situación al Acuerdo de Munich por el que Francia, Reino Unido y Alemania despojan a Checoslovaquia de Los Sudetes, dejándola indefensa militarmente al quitarle las montañas que le servía de protección.